The statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline has surpassed four dollars for the first time since 2022 in Louisiana. AAA fuel analyst Don Redman says the statewide average is up to $4.02, a 22-cent increase, from a week ago. Redman says the reopening of the strait of Hormuz in the Middle East is what needs to happen for gas prices to fall…
The Louisiana Public Broadcasting series, Louisiana Spotlight, explores the challenges facing Louisiana’s struggling shrimping industry. The episode is called Empty Boats, Foreign shrimp. Producer Oscar Tickle says it’s unfortunately an industry that does not have a bright future…
Cut 5 (08) “…non-viable”
Louisiana provides 40-percent of U-S Shrimp production, but the there are only about 15-hundred licensed commercial shrimpers.
Special coins are coming out this year in celebration of America’s 250th birthday. There are five different quarters that will be released. Two of them are out right now that feature designs of the Mayflower Compact and one that recognizes the Revolutionary War. U-S Mint Director Paul Hollis of Mandeville says the half-dollar features a close-up of the Statue of Liberty and the dime is called the Emerging Liberty…
Cut 12 (11) “…nation’s story.”
Ochsner Health is expanding its Eat Fit program systemwide. The program is now available at all of Ochsner’s 31 cafeterias and at all vending machines throughout the system. Dietician Marie Page says the Eat Fit program encourages healthy eating.